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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras circles for alakṣmī-expulsion hymns; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī).
Devata: Alakṣmī (as the expelled misfortune) and Bhadrā/Śrī (as the attracted auspicious fortune); also the abstract power of Arāti as obstruction.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV domestic/apotropaic verses—confirmable by full metrical count in critical edition).
《阿闼婆吠陀》1.18是一则简短的阿闼婆系驱邪咒,用以驱逐阿拉克什弥(不幸/贫乏)、阿拉提(敌对的阻碍与不施予之性)以及任何黏附于身体的“可怖”内在病厄。通过将污秽“拂散”并以仪式方式从人的肢体与容貌上迁移、转置出去,此咒同时招致婆陀罗/室利——扶持家业兴盛与子嗣繁衍的吉祥福运。其发挥效力的核心是由娑毗多罗(Savitar)及诸同盟神祇所加持的言语之力(vāc,真言之语),推动恶祟远离,并令善福运转而来。
Mantra 1
अलक्ष्मीनाशनम्। निर्ल॒क्ष्म्यं ऽ लला॒म्यं॑१ निररा॑तिं सुवामसि । अथ॒ या भ॒द्रा तानि॑ नः प्र॒जाया॒ अरा॑तिं नयामसि
为除不祥与贫厄。我们驱散无福之气、凶兆之斑、以及敌对的吝不给与。随后,那吉祥者、那些善力,为我们——为子嗣——引来;并将那敌意引离。
Mantra 2
निरर॑णिं सवि॒ता सा॑विषक् प॒दोर्निर्हस्त॑यो॒र्वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा। निर॒स्मभ्य॒मनु॑मती॒ ररा॑णा॒ प्रेमां दे॒वा अ॑साविषुः॒ सौभ॑गाय
萨维特尔已驱策阿兰尼(arani,取火木)向前——从双足处向前;伐楼那、密特罗、阿梨耶曼已使之向前——从双手处向前。欢悦的阿努玛蒂(Anumati)也从我们这里向前离去:诸神已使此事推进,为了我们的吉祥与福祉。
Mantra 3
यत् त॑ आ॒त्मनि॑ त॒न्वां ऽ घो॒रमस्ति॒ यद्वा॒ केशे॑षु प्रति॒चक्ष॑णे वा । सर्वं॒ तद्वा॒चाप॑ हन्मो व॒यं दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता सू॑दयतु
凡属你者:在你自身之内、在你形体之中,凡可怖者;或在发中者,或在目光与相貌中者——这一切,我们以言语击除。愿神萨维特里(Savitar)驱策你前行,趋向安稳。
Mantra 4
रिश्य॑पदीं॒ वृष॑दतीं गोषे॒धां वि॑ध॒मामु॒त। वि॒ली॒ढ्यं ऽ लला॒म्यं॑१ ता अ॒स्मन्ना॑शयामसि
那“羚羊足者”、那“公牛齿者”、那“阻牛者”、那“倾覆者”——又那“舔噬者”、那“有印记者”——这些,我们使之从我们这里灭亡。
Alakṣmī is the inauspicious condition—poverty, bad luck, and the ominous ‘blemish’ that blocks prosperity. The hymn treats it as something that can be ritually dislodged and sent away.
These are body-loci where impurity or obstruction is imagined to cling: hands and feet for action and movement, hair and appearance for visible omen and social presence. The recitation targets all these points to remove the ‘ghora’ affliction completely.
Wash hands and feet, stand at the doorway, recite while wafting outward to send away alakṣmī/arāti, then gesture inward to welcome bhadrā/śrī. It is commonly done in the morning or before an important undertaking to establish saubhāgya.
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